Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-15
WASHINGTON.
The Apache Prisoners Doing Well-Ac.
ton Of the President On ADpIi-
cations fer Pardon.
United States Supreme Court Decision on
the Gonzales Land Claim in Kinney
County, Texas.
sT-PRENE COURT DECIaION.

WASHINGTON, March IA decision
was rendered to-day by the Supreme
court of the United States in the case of
Dolores Del Moral y Gonzales ct al,
plaintiff in error vs.. Edward Ross ct al,
in error to the circuit court of the United
States for the Western District of Texas,
This was a suit br ought by the heirs of
Juan Gonzales to recover possession Of
eleven square leagues of land in Kinney
county, Texas, alleged to have been
granted to Gonzales during his lifetime
by the government of COahulla and Texas,
a state of theRepublic OfMexlCo in the year
1882. The court below refused to admit as
evidence OF Gonzales title the 50 called
testimony issued by Fortunoto Suite as
commissioner of the colony OF the rio
Grande to Juan Carlos Besles, as attorney
for Gonzales, on the 18th day of April,
1884. The court held that this testimony
was issued without authority OF law and
accordingly entered judgment for the de
PENDANT. This court decides that the
Judgment was erroneous. Il is accord
ingly reversed and the case is Temanded
for new trial.
Only one other opinion was read to-day.
THE CAPTIVE APACHEs.
Colonel Ayres, commander of the Sec
ond artillery, at San Francis Barracks,
Fla, has made g report TO the War De-
partment concerning the Apache prison
ers at Fort Marion, in which he says
their number on February l last was
447. Three children have been born
since that date and four Indians died,
leaving 446 in confinement, 50 men, 2O6
women and l5S children. The
Indians, generally, have behaved we'll.
About fifty children are under instruction
by the brothers of st. Joseph Academy
and have made good progress. Some
kindly disposed white women have been
! instruCtiDg the men during the past
month with considerable success, in the
! elements Of the English language.
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY.
! The President as taken the following
action on applications for pardon: In
| the case of Dennis Kelly, convicted OF
manslaughter and sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment at Portland, Me-,
he says: "The defendant having been g
| good soldier, and his ofense appearing
| to be the result of exCitable tempera-
ment rather than any malicious intent,
and the convict having served the entire
extent of his sentence, pardon is granted
! to restore him to citizenship
He has granted pardon to George H.
Daubner, sentenced to three years I'M
prisonment in Wisconsin for pension
! frauds. The President says: ''His Of
| tense prejudices me very much against
granting him any relief, but his sentence
| having Deen served and Hon, Edward l..
| Bragg. himself brave and distinguished
! soldier, having given the opinion that
since his sentence the convict has behaved
well, pardon is granted for the purpose
| of restoring him to the rights Of citizen
ship"
He has pardoned L. S. Knight, sen
fenced to two years Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for foTcibly entering the
postoffce. He says: "Pardon is granted
upon the ground Of previous good char
aCter, which being accused of crime far
| from home AMI among strangers he could
not show, and upon further ground that
| ne has served more than tWo-thirds of his
sentence"
He has pardoned Samuel NJ. Fleming,
sentenced in Virginia to three months
Imprisonment and $500 fine for violating
the internal revenue laws, on the ground
that be has served his full term and the
only effect of the pardon will, be to
relieve him of the fine.
He has also pard0Ged James MCGTath,
sentenced in California to term OF three
years and fine of $50 for assault with
deadly weapons. He has served his SEN
tence and the fine is only RENTED, the
President being convinced of the justice
of this act by what he describes as "the
manly and reasonable letter of the pris-
oner."
He has also psrdoned Caleb Starr, an
Indian, against whom judgment was rem
dered in Arkansas upon forfeited recogni-
zance for $1,000 and costs.
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